Electrical Engineer salary in Louisiana

Official occupation: 17-2071 Electrical Engineers · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 95/100

The median electrical engineer in Louisiana earns $123,710 a year, within 3% of the United States figure of $120,630.

It ranks 15th of 49 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $77,210 and the 90th at $178,330 (a ratio of 2.3).

With 990 jobs and a location quotient of 0.40, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Louisiana is $45,520, so this role pays 2.7 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureLouisianaNational
Median annual pay Observed$123,710United States: $120,630
Mean annual pay Observed$124,290United States: $125,100
10th percentile Observed$77,210United States: $76,550
25th percentile Observed$92,930United States: $92,830
75th percentile Observed$157,970United States: $152,950
90th percentile Observed$178,330United States: $184,300
Median hourly pay Observed$59.48United States: $58.00
Employment (jobs) Observed990
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.513
Location quotient Observed0.4
Difference from United States median ($120,630) Derived+3%
Rank among 49 states Derived15
Ratio to Louisiana all-occupation median ($45,520) Derived2.72×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.31

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 13. Oregon$125,160
  2. 14. Maryland$125,150
  3. 15. Louisiana$123,710
  4. 16. Colorado$120,760
  5. 17. Virginia$119,030

Largest cities in Louisiana: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Metairie Terrace, Metairie (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.